Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès (2015-11-24 15:48 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis:
[...]
>>> Besides will the system really be broken?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> I don't agree with your points, so it is "No" for me.
Alex, this is unproductive. Please let’s get back to work now.
>> Anyway, I think the way forward is to make /etc/profile modular in
>> similar fashion. What about starting with an /etc/profile service that
>> can receive Bash snippets and paste them in the middle of the file,
>> right before:
>>
>> if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -a -f /etc/bashrc ]
>> then
>> # Load Bash-specific initialization code.
>> . /etc/bashrc
>> fi
>>
>> Does that make sense?
>
> I agree that a modular /etc/profile would be great, but only if *any*
> part of it can be changed or removed, otherwise this decision will have
> the same problem: one day there will appear users who would like to
> change the parts that cannot be changed.
>
> But still I prefer to have a straightforward way to set my own
> /etc/profile. Or maybe it would be good to have even a more general
> solution: a way to specify any file that goes to "/etc" dir, something
> like this:
>
> (operating-system
> ;; ...
> (etc-files
> ("hosts" (local-file "/home/me/guix/etc/hosts"))
> ("profile" (local-file "/home/me/guix/bash/my-favourite-etc-profile"))
> ("fstab" (local-file "/home/me/guix/etc/fstab"))))
Please take a look at ‘etc-service’. It’s essentially what you describe.
> You will probably consider this decision evil, but for me it's a perfect
> solution.
For you, understood.
> Sorry, but this is not what I want. I would like to have a full control
> on any aspect of my system.
I think you’re overreacting. I feel bad because in spite of several
attempts, I’m failing to get us to focus on concrete proposal to move
forward. I don’t know what to add.
Ludo’.
